Local 10-digit dialing? [Telecom]

Mar 27, 2008 1 Replies


> How much of the US now requires 10-digit dialing of local calls


>> from land lines? Athens, Georgia, has had it for a few months.

Actually, Athens GA (706/762) has had mandatory ten digit local dialing since during 2006 according to Neustar NANPA and BellSouth.


(John Levine replied)


Every place with overlays, except for NYC where it's 11 digit
> local dialing.
>
> Wikipedia has a list:
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Overlays in California and at least northern Illinois require 1+ten as well, not just NYC.


Neustar NANPA has a page of places requiring mandatory ten-digit local dialing. It might not be complete in that it doesn't make mention of mandatory ten-digit dialing across area code boundaries for any local calling to adjacent area codes, but it does list all local 10-digit and 1+ten-digit local dialing that is mandatory within one's own area code:


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Here, sorted "regionally" is a list of all overlays and other ares requiring 10-digit or 1+ten local dialing in the home NPA:


MA



617/857
508/774
781/339
978/351

NY



212/646
718/347 and 917 overlays all of NYC as well

NJ



201/551
973/862
732/848

PA



215/267 (additional overlay 445 not yet effective)
610/484 (additional overlay 835 not yet effective)
412 (Pittsburgh "core") and 724 (the rest of southwest PA) were overlaid with 878 in August 2001, but there are still not yet any 878-NXX codes assigned yet.

MD



301/240 (additional overlay 227 not yet effective)
410/443 (additional overlay 667 not yet effective)

VA



703/571

WV



304/681 (effective early 2009)

OH



330/234
419/567

MI



248/947

IL



847/224
630/331
815/779

NC



704/980

GA



404 (Atlanta "core") and 770 (outer "ring") were overlaid with 678 in January 1998, and then with 470 in September 2001, but there are still not yet any 470-NXX codes assigned yet.
706/762

FL



407/321 (additional overlay 689 not yet effective) -- (NASA and Brevard County area had split from 407 and are 321 ONLY, NOT in overlay or mandatory 10-digit dialing).
954/754
305/786 (Presently only the Miami/Dade/Ojus/Homestead mainland is overlaid with 786; the Keys are still only using 305, but plans are for
786 to eventually overlay the Keys too, and 10-digits is permissive).

MS



601/769

TX



713/281/832
214/972/469
817/682
903/430

CO



303/720

UT



801/385 (effective early 2009)

OR



503/971

CA



310/424 (FINALLY took effect as an OVERLAY in August 2006, which was the original plan for Summer 1999).
714/657 (effective in September 2008)
818/747 (effective probably in 2009)

And also the following in Canada and the Caribbean:



QC



514/438
450 (ten-digit mandatory dialing since October 2006; but no overlay at this time, possible future 438 expansion).
819 (ten-digit mandatory dialing since October 2006; but no overlay at this time, possible future 581 expansion).
418/581 (effective in September 2008)

ON



416/647
905/289
613 (ten-digit mandatory dialing since October 2006; to be overlaid with 343 in Septemer 2010).
519/226

AB



403 & 780 / 587 (effective in September 2008)

BC



604/778 since November 2001, and now the rest of BC, the 250 area code, is also being overlaid last year and this year with 778.

Puerto Rico



787/939

Dominican Repuglic



809/829

There are numerous other overlays that were planned to take effect during 2000, 2001, 2002, but were postponed by state regulatory. NANPA has webpages at their site listing these postponed or "to be effective at a TBD date":

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How time flies... I believe it was optional for a while and then became obligatory more recently.

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